Well it’s been another good week here in Palmas.
I can’t believe that August is almost over, which means it’s almost September,
the hottest month of the year here! Our district leader suggested changing our
schedules around a little bit so we wouldn't be out in the heat all
day long. So some days, we go out teaching a little bit earlier, then come
back to our apartment after lunch and study then back out at night. We can’t do
this every day because our area is so huge and it takes a while to go back and
forth, but it’s been working for the most part.
Last Monday we had a big zone activity and that
was a lot of fun! We first had a training from the sister trainers and it was
really good. It was exactly what my companion and I needed to hear.
Because we have opened up this new area, we don’t have a whole lot of people to
teach so some days are tough trying to decide what to do. But in the meeting
they talking a lot about how our success doesn't come from our
numbers, it comes from our dedication. As long as we are working full
heartedly and giving it our all, everything will work out and we will be
blessed for our work. So we've been doing our best and trusting that
the lord will help us. And he has!! We had a nice breakfast with them then
went to go play games with the elders. We played volleyball, ping pong then
ended up having a water balloon fight, kind of ha. But it was fun! We had a big
lunch then every companionship had to make a dessert and we all tried
everybody’s and voted whose was the best. Our dessert was a mess. I had no idea
what it was or how to make it so I was no help. But I think it was supposed to
be mousse. Then another some chocolate thing with cookies. But the mousse was
way too watery so we froze it and put the chocolate on top. Ha it was a mess.
But it tasted good!
We looked at a couple more apartments this week
but haven’t had any luck. But the members are helping us now and are telling us
every time they see one so hopefully we will be able to find one soon!
We have a new investigator this week, Luci. We
came across her two weeks ago when we went to go teach another lady she lives
by. She went to the ward activity and loved it! I was on a split that night
so didn't get to go to it. But we taught her this past week with
some of the members and she’s loved it. I asked her to be baptized as well and
she said yes, but wasn't ready to set a date yet. But she came to
church with us yesterday and has made some good friends in the ward. So we
plan on working with her a lot this week and helping her feel more comfortable
with things. She’s 19 as well and is here in Palmas to study, as is every 19
year old here ha.
We’ve continued working with Zelia, and we’ve
set a date for baptism. September 6th. We taught her the word of wisdom and
she’s been so good at following. She drinks coffee but she really wants to be
baptized so she’s been trying really hard and hasn’t had a problem yet. She
spends a lot of time at her sister’s house, who is a member that we work a lot
with, so she has a good example always with her.
The sisters have been trying to learn English
this week and it’s been a lot of fun ha! It’s funny to hear them say some words
but I know it’s the exact same for me and Portuguese. Some nights I and Sister
Alves will sit there and she is trying to help me say a word, I always have a
problem with the endings of some words and we just sit there and laugh. But I'm
finally getting better ha! We have been memorizing a lot which helps. The ward
is also wanting me to teach an English class so this week I am going to try to
talk to the bishop and see if we can set up a time for that. I’m hoping that
maybe this will be good for some of our investigators as well.
Yesterday in church, both Zelia and Luci came.
We were so excited and they both loved it! We've been
working with a less active member as well, Eduardo, but we can’t seem to
get him up in the mornings. So we continue to try with him ha. Yesterday we
went to go visit him but he was sleeping so his mom, Fransica taught me how to
make their version of pancakes and showed us how she makes pizzas. She makes a
huge batch of dough then makes little pizzas and freezes them. It was fun to do
that with her!
Things are progressing, slowly but surely.
Because we don’t have a lot of investigators we've been trying to
talk to a lot of people in the street and this past week was pretty good.
We found a guy from Africa and he said he was here because of God. I thought
this was perfect. So I explained to him, that we are here because of god as
well. We talked to him about our purpose and before we could finish he was
telling us that his wife is Christian and he invited us over! So this week we
are going to go visit him. Also while I was on my split with Sister Bennion I
talked to a lady on the bus and she loves to talk about God. So we went and
visited her this week and she was happy to see me! The first thing she said was
you came!! But we had a good conversation. She is very curious about our
beliefs and realizes our purpose as missionaries but said she wants to continue
to talk to us. So we will see what happens with her. The people here are so
nice and laid back. Which is perfect!
Well I hope you all have a wonderful week! Love
you all!
Sister Steadman
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